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Janey provides support for custom single-cell user projects and projects within the group. …

Marcel is in charge of several production pipelines (gene … on microbial genomes and metagenomes. He also works on automating intra-department data exchange and assists with large scale computations on R&D projects. …

We count on livestock for food and fiber, but raising these animals also produces an … and archaea breaking down plant matter. So since 2010, the JGI has supported researchers studying those microbial …

… days wrangling viral genomes and occasionally remembering to document his code. At JGI, he develops tools for viral discovery and analysis, with a particular fondness for RNA viruses – though he'll …

… could boost biofuels and fertilize fields. So in 2010, the JGI helped publish the original genome sequence for the soybean, Glycine max. With a full genome sequence, researchers have been able to look into soybean’s strengths – along with a fungus that …

… and mighty. They survive everywhere from Antarctica to Joshua Tree National Park, despite extremely harsh … researchers Laura Selbmann and Claudia Coleine are working with scientists from around the world – and the JGI – to understand them better. …

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is offering a five-day workshop on Microbial Genomics … mgm.jgi.doe.gov   This highly hands-on workshop is designed to familiarize users with the Integrated Microbial Genomes & Microbiomes (IMG/M) …

A tall native plant of the North American prairie, … ) has long been a tantalizing potential biofuel feedstock. But switchgrass has a complex genome and, as a … diversity. So, a team of scientists made an ambitious plan to begin to link the plant’s varying traits — height, …

… of microbial communities in carbon cycling, in interactions with plants, and as drivers of methane production, nutrient … Environmental Genomics and Systems Biology Division, and JGI’s deputy for user programs. She also leads the JGI’s Microbial Systems group. …

Three stories of JGI-supported research, connected to nutrient cycles. Francis Martin and Lucas … Joy looks into seagrass meadows' carbon sequestration with insights from Adam Healey and Xiao Ma. And Karen …

Rainforests store a big fraction of all the carbon on Earth, … This episode, researchers take a look at what happens to that storage when a rainforest hits a drought. Tag along with their experiments in a fully enclosed, human-made …

Right now, our natural rubber comes from just one tree species: Hevea … at producing latex that becomes rubber, but it’s vulnerable to disease and climate shifts. So researchers are looking … America: guayule.  This episode was made in collaboration with our friends at the HudsonAlpha Institute for …